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By Ben Todd, Paul Revoir And Sarah Nathan<\/a><\/p>\n

Last updated at 1:13 AM on 28th May 2011<\/p>\n

Cheryl Cole will receive her complete \u00a31.2million US X Factor fee \u2013 despite being fired after just four days work.<\/p>\n

The star \u2013 who was dramatically axed earlier this week \u2013 will be given her full fee for the series despite working for just four days of auditions, a senior X Factor source revealed.<\/p>\n

That means she will receive \u00a3300,000 a day for her ill-fated US adventure.<\/p>\n

\"Gutted:<\/p>\n

Gutted: Simon Cowell has told a friend he feels bad that Cheryl has been sacked from the American version of X Factor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

An insider admitted: \u2018Cheryl would expect the full \u00a31.2million payment as a pay-off \u2013 despite her leaving the show so abruptly.\u2019<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a close friend of Cowell has spoken to the Daily Mail and revealed he was \u2018gutted\u2019 at her axing \u2013 and \u2018feels terribly bad\u2019 about the shock sacking.<\/p>\n

The friend revealed: \u2018Simon is gutted for Cheryl. He fought to get her on there.<\/p>\n

\u2018It took him months to get her on the show in the first place and he feels terribly bad that it didn\u2019t work.\u2019 \u00a0<\/p>\n

The friend went on: \u2018He understands that she is upset. But Simon can\u2019t make it work. He did everything he could. He fought to keep her on the show.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018But ultimately it is the TV network that decides. And they just didn\u2019t think it was working.\u2019<\/p>\n

Long-serving UK X Factor judge Louis Walsh, meanwhile, last night added that he was \u2018sorry\u2019 it did not work out for her in the US.<\/p>\n

However, he added to the Mail he would \u2018love\u2019 her to return to the programme.<\/p>\n

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Harsh: Cheryl came under fire during her first appearance. People said her hair was too big and came under criticism for her choice of clothing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018I feel sorry for her you know, but that\u2019s showbusiness,\u2019 he said. He then issued a remarkable plea for her to return to the UK show.<\/p>\n

He said: \u2018The public would love her to do it. The public love her. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018She is brilliant on the show, she is great fun, she ticks every single box. I want her back, please come back Cheryl.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018She will pick herself up and she will dust herself down and she will just get on with it and the public love her.<\/p>\n

\u2018She will be star of the show, absolutely. It would be the perfect result [her coming back].\u2019<\/p>\n

Auditions for the UK version are due to begin next week but Cheryl has said she wants twice her usual \u00a31m fee if she returns, especially after her hasty exit from the American show.<\/p>\n

‘It is humiliating for Cheryl,’ a source told The Sun, ‘she believes she should be handsomely compensated for it.’<\/p>\n

Walsh said, as far as he was concerned, only he and Take That singer Gary Barlow were definitely signed-up.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, more details of the ending of Mrs Cole\u2019s US nightmare have emerged.<\/p>\n

A source close to Cowell also told how Mrs Cole suffered during the early<\/p>\n

\"Rivals:<\/p>\n

Rivals: There was speculation from the start that Nicole Scherzinger would be a judge on the American show<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

days of filming of the programme.<\/p>\n

The source revealed: \u2018You\u2019ve got pretty experienced characters there. You\u2019ve got big characters and Paula has a massive history with Simon.<\/p>\n

\u2018He also wanted Paula on the show \u2013 and the chemistry between them was amazing.\u00a0 That hurt Cheryl.<\/p>\n

\u2018It wasn\u2019t that Cheryl was bad \u2013 but she was nervous. Fox didn\u2019t get what they expected with her.<\/p>\n

\u2018Simon had convinced them how incredible she was \u2013 and yet when she came over she was just so nervous.\u2019<\/p>\n

Network executives \u2013 who had warned Cowell from the off that Mrs Cole was on an informal probation because of her lack of status in the US –\u00a0 raised further concerns over Mrs Cole\u2019s performance last week. She was then formally told she was being axed on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Mail told yesterday how Mrs Cole is \u2018furious\u2019 with Cowell and the X Factor bosses at being axed from the show.\u00a0 She feels \u2018humiliated and let down,\u2019 by them.<\/p>\n

She is even ready to snub their attempts to offer her the \u2018olive branch\u2019 of a return to the British X Factor.<\/p>\n

However, last night, ITV bosses remained hopeful they will be able to persuade Mrs Cole to sign up for the British version of the X Factor.<\/p>\n

It is understood the lines of communication are still open and that even though auditions for the show begin next week and eleventh hour deal could still be done.<\/p>\n

However, one source said the British judging panel had already been \u2013 all but \u2013 decided.<\/p>\n

Amongst those due to be joining the judging panel as well as Walsh and Barlow are US pop star Kelly Rowland and Tulisa Contostavlos from pop band N-Dubz.<\/p>\n

However, the Daily Mail has learned that Miss Contostavlos contract had still not been rubber-stamped by X Factor bosses yesterday.<\/p>\n

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Impressed: Chery later wowed with her choice of outfits at Cannes, left, but she was soon sacked from the show because people were battling to understand her<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A source revealed: \u2018The contract went over on Monday and everybody thought it would be signed off pretty quickly.<\/p>\n

\u2018But there seems to have been a hold up. Tulisa\u2019s camp are starting to get pretty worried.\u2019<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mrs Cole\u2019s rival US judge Paula Abdul says her reunion with Simon Cowell on his new talent show is \u2018still in the honeymoon phase.\u2019<\/p>\n

The \u2018lack of chemistry\u2019 between Mrs Cole and Miss Abdul was cited as one of the reasons for the Girls Aloud singer\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n

Miss Abdul \u2013 showing little sign of sadness for her former colleague \u2013 told reporters on a trip to Singapore to promote a theme park\u00a0 that The US X Factor \u2018ginormous.\u2019<\/p>\n

Abdul said she and Cowell have \u2018a wonderful, exquisite, challenging and frightening relationship.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"Nation's<\/p>\n

Nation’s sweetheart: Cheryl could do no wrong on the British version of X Factor and Simon Cowell openly spoke of his fondness for her<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A TV insider claimed the decision to axe Miss Cole was made last weekend.<\/p>\n

It was said during the first auditions she \u2018could not get a word in edgewise\u2019 with Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul dominating – and when she did speak some contestants \u2018couldn\u2019t understand her.\u2019<\/p>\n

There is also said to have been on-going tension from day one on the show between Miss Cole and Miss Abdul over who would sit next to Cowell, described as \u2018a seat war,\u2019 by the insider.<\/p>\n

On Daybreak yesterday [fri], Cowell\u2019s former girlfriend and close friend Sinitta, admitted show bosses in crisis talks following her exit.<\/p>\n

She said: \u2018There is something going on. All I can say is Simon and Cheryl are very close and I believe they are in talks to try and sort something out. As soon as they agree on something then we will hear about it.<\/p>\n

\u2018They are having private conversations. Simon really, really wanted Cheryl on the American show. He really fought to have her there.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018They are talking and they are working on something that they will agree on. Simon was 100 per cent behind Cheryl and I am sure that very, very soon, maybe today, we will find out what that decision will be.\u2019<\/p>\n

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